Dozens of immigrants have died in ICE detention since Trump took office. In recent days, two people, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo ...

Robert Roberson faces execution in Texas on Oct. 16 for the 2002 murder of his young daughter Nikki Curtis. For years, a growing pool of supporters — from the lead detective in his case to Dr. Phil — ...

Back in August, an editor at Slate approached The Marshall Project with an idea: She had heard of our new print publication, News Inside, and wanted to know if we could use it to conduct a survey of ...

The Marshall Project surveyed people in federal facilities for advice about the complaint process — and how to fix it.

Prisoners in federal facilities must file most grievances with the guards — a system they say exposes them to retaliation, ...

State inspectors said jail staff failed to provide CPR to Jennifer Wade after finding her unresponsive in her cell in February 2025. Correctional staff failed to start CPR the moment they discovered ...

Non-traditional state agencies, from college police to wildlife protection, have been pulled into immigration enforcement.

Sending Kites” is a monthly column from The Marshall Project that explores challenges faced by people with incarcerated loved ones and by people in jails and prisons. Check our previous columns. Rules ...

As the nation celebrates two and a half centuries of independence, we put together a syllabus of some essential criminal ...

Like Gov. Mike DeWine, most agreed the death penalty is broken and does not deter crime, but not always with the same ...

Alfred Roberts was feeling a similar disillusionment at New York’s Sing Sing Correctional Facility on January 6, 2021, as he ...

Fifty years ago, Americans set out on a polarizing mission: to find a just and fair way to punish the worst of the worst crimes by execution. In some ways, this was a surprising choice. In 1972, a ...